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Determinants of Nonfarm Earnings of Farm-Based Husbands and Wives in Northern Ghana
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In this article, the nonfarm work participation decisions of married men and women in rural Northern Ghana were jointly and separately estimated for married couples through a bivariate probit, using recent survey data.Abstract:
The nonfarm work participation decisions of married men and women in rural Northern Ghana were jointly and separately estimated for married couples through a bivariate probit, using recent survey data. Selectivity bias was corrected for in estimating wage offer and labor supply equations, using Heckman's procedure. Education, experience, infrastructure, distance to the capital, and population density, as well as interactions between education and infrastructure and between education and distance to the city, were found to be significantly related to the probability of nonfarm labor market participation, wages, and the amount of nonfarm labor performed, with significant differences by gender.read more
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Agricultural Household Models: Genesis, Evolution, and Extensions
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Determinants of income diversification amongst rural households in Southern Mali
Awudu Abdulai,Anna Crole-Rees +1 more
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Household Income Diversification into Rural Nonfarm Activities
TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss the non-farm enterprise dynamics, discussed in Chapter 5, fit into a household decision-making environment that helps to shape labor and capital allocations across activities, as well as outcomes.
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Income diversification and entry barriers: evidence from the tigray region of northern ethiopia
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Non-farm work and food security among farm households in Northern Ghana
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the impact of non-farm work on household income and food security among farm households in the Northern Region of Ghana by employing propensity score matching method that accounts for self-selection bias.
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